Raggle strip



April 1934- E. E. RAMEY ET AL 1,953,867

RAGGLE STRIP Filed June 19; 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l In venior:

2.7.27. Fame cf W. Harvey pmm A iiorney April 1934- E. E. RAMEY ET AL 1,953,867

' RAGGLE STRIP Filed June 19. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 II l I I/ III/[I17 Invenimg 271E. Fame Cf. W. Harvey pwm A itorney Patented Apr. 3, 1934 FATENT QFFICE RAGGLE STRIP Ernest E. Ramey and John W.'Harvey,

Ashland, Ky.

Application June 19, 1930, Serial No. 462,333

1 Claim.

This invention has reference to a raggle strip for holding a cap flashing in place and the object of the invention is to provide a metallic raggle strip adapted to be used in ordinary mortar joints of brick and other masonry walls and which is constructed to prevent the displacement of cap flashing by reason of the expansion or contraction of same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of raggle strip used with brick or other masonry walls which will securely hold the roofing built up against the wall so as to make the same thoroughly waterproof.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention may be apparent from the following detailed description or the device, considered in connection with the accompanying drawings; wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fragment of a wall structure, partly in section, to illustrate the application of the invention thereto,

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail view in per spective of the raggle strip, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail View of a portion of the cap flashing,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail sectional view showing the raggle strip as applied and used independently of the cap flashing.

For the purpose of clearly illustrating the application of the invention to a building structure, the drawings show the invention placed in a section of a brick wall built up of brick 1 having the usual half inch mortar joint 2. The raggle strip is formed from sheet metal bent upon itself to provide a base 3 of approximately one and three quarter inches in width and having a depending flange 4 adjacent one edge and measuring about one quarter inch. Adjacent the opposite longitudinal edge of the base, the strip is bent upwardly to provide a vertically extending wall 5 of approximately the same width as the mortar joint that is about one-half inch, and then bent inwardly to provide an overhanging top wall 6 paralleling the base and being approximately one inch in width.

The strip is further bent downwardly from adjacent the free longitudinal edge of the top wall 6 to provide an inclined locking strip '7 that is disposed rearwardly, forming an angle of about forty-five degrees.

The raggle strip may be of a length to extend from one end of the wall to the other or it may be constructed in shorter length, as desired.

I The raggle strip is used in connection with a cap flashing 9, a portion of which is illustrated in Figure 4. The cap flashing comprises a metallic sheet bent to provide a depending or apron portion 10 having an angularly disposed supporting flange 11 adjacent its upper end, and provided with a hook flange 12 adapted for interlocking engagement with the locking strip 7, of the raggle strip, Figure 2.

In practice, the raggle strip is placed in the brick wall during the construction of the same and is suitably located in a mortar joint between two bricks with the flange i engaged over the face of the lower brick, as disclosed in Figure 2. This closes the box or tubular portion formed by the walls 5, 6 and '7 in conjunction with the base 3, inwardly of the face of the wall and leaves a vacant space which is subsequently filled by a precast asphalt strip 13. The raggle strip is intended for building structure wherein a built up roof, indicated. at 14, has a turned up portion 15 disposed against the face of the wall 1 and terminating adjacent the joint wherein the raggle strip is located.

The cap flashing 9 is pressed into place after the built up roof has been installed by pushing the flange ll inwardly on the base 3 of the raggle strip until the flange 12 engages rear- Wardly of the locking strip 7 of the raggle strip, Figure 2., the wall or strip 7 yielding to the pressure of the flange 12 until clear of the same and then springing back to its original position whereby it provides the abutment means for retaining the flanged end of the cap flashing securely locked to the raggle strip.

The asphalt strip 13 is then hammered into place as shown in the drawings. From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention provides a novel form of raggle strip having interlocking engagement with the cap flashing so as to securely hold the latter in place and to prevent it from pulling out by reason of expansion or contraction thereof.

The raggle strip also holds the built up roofing securely in place and Waterproofs the same. Being formed of sheet metal, it can be economically manufactured in large quantities and readily installed.

In Figure 5 we have shown the raggle strip used independently of or without a cap flashing, and in this connection it will be seen that the built up roof 14 has its turned up portion 15 which is disposed against the face of the wall terminating in an end extension 15 which is bent inwardly into the joint in which the raggle strip is located. The end portion 15' of the built up wall rests flatly on the base 3 of the raggle strip, and by pushing the end portion 15 inwardly of the base 3 to terminate within the boxing of the raggle strip formed by the walls 5, 6 and 7 in conjunction with the base 3, the wall or strip 7 yielding to the pressure of the end portion 15 until the free edge of the portion 15' bears against the wall 5 whereby the locking strip '7 will bear against the end portion 15 for retaining said end 15' securely locked to the raggle strip.

After the end 15 has been so locked to the raggle strip, the asphalt strip 13 may then be hammered in place as shown in Figure 5 and in substantially the same manner as that described with respect to the raggle strip and cap flashing used therewith.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is:

The herein described raggle strip consisting essentially of a metallic base sheet and an angular box portion integral with said base sheet and on the rear portion thereof and in spaced relation to the forward edge of the sheet, the bottom of the said box portion being formed by the rear part of the base sheet, and said box portion including said bottom, a top wall, a downwardly and rearwardly extending inclined and resilient wall at the forward edge of the top wall and termihating at its lower edge in spaced relation to the base sheet, and a rear wall disposed at right angles to the base sheet and said top wall; the said box portion being of a size to be snugly accommodated in .a mortar joint between bricks, and the forward portion of the base sheet being adapted to guide another sheet of material into engagement with the resilient wall of the box, and the said resilient wall being adapted to lock the flanged end of a cap flashing to the raggle strip. ERNEST E. RAMEY. JOHN W. HARVEY. 

